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Pablo v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jul 1, 2015
609 F. App'x 432 (9th Cir. 2015)

Opinion

No. 13-72909

07-01-2015

MARTHA CALMO PABLO, AKA Yuridia Diaz Perez, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A200-566-208 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Martha Calmo Pablo, native and a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency's factual findings, applying the standards governing adverse credibility determinations created by the REAL ID Act, Shrestha v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1034, 1039-40 (9th Cir. 2010), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency's adverse credibility determination based on the inconsistencies regarding when Calmo suffered a miscarriage and whether she told her parents about a threatening phone call from her attacker. See id. at 1048 (adverse credibility determination was reasonable under the "totality of circumstances"). Calmo's explanations for the inconsistencies do not compel a contrary result. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir. 2000). Thus, in the absence of credible testimony, Calmo's asylum and withholding of removal claims fail. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).

Finally, Calmo's CAT claim also fails because it is based on the same evidence the agency found not credible, and Calmo does not point to any other evidence that compels the conclusion that it is more likely than not she would be tortured if returned to Guatemala. See id. at 1156-57.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.


Summaries of

Pablo v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jul 1, 2015
609 F. App'x 432 (9th Cir. 2015)
Case details for

Pablo v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:MARTHA CALMO PABLO, AKA Yuridia Diaz Perez, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jul 1, 2015

Citations

609 F. App'x 432 (9th Cir. 2015)